verbiage (verbiaj)

[F. verbiage, wordine , L. verbum, word: see verb.] The use of many words without nece ity; superabundance of words; wordine ; verbosity. unsurpa ed He evinced a constitutional determination to verbiage sibly appreciate his affluence of rigmarole. and only those who knew him could pos J. T. Fields, Underbrush, p. 98. =Syn. Verbosity , etc. See pleonasm . verbicidel (ver'bi-sid), n . [L. verbum , a word, + -cidium , a killing, cædere , kill.] The killing of a word, in a figurative sense; perversion of a word from its proper meaning, as in punning. [Rare and humorous.] Homicide and verbicide - that is, violent treatment of a word with fatal results to its legitimate meaning, which is its life are alike forbidden. IMG:content-1779.png:[blocks in formation]